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1976, 2024: The memories of that summer won’t stay buried forever…
The Vanished Girl
What you need to know before your trail
1976. It’s a long, hot summer, and all Jo Salway wants is to bask in the freedom of the holidays with her life-long friends. But when little Pippa Jenkins suddenly vanishes without a trace, the friends must close ranks to protect themselves. And in doing so, change the course of their futures forever …
2024. Haunted by the events of fifty years ago, Jo has never returned to her childhood home of Hareton Wick. But in the aftermath of trauma and with her only respite found at the bottom of a bottle, Jo knows that the only way to start afresh is to unravel the secrets of her past. But when the tangled web of Pippa’s disappearance starts to lead closer to home, who will Jo be able to trust, and who will she betray …
Travel Guide
Hampshire
There is no Hareton Wick in the novel but the 1976 heatwave was real and this novel takes that and reminds everyone just how hot and other worldly this time was.
Four Oaks
This is an area around the village where most of the characters walk, play and live. The farmhouse of the novel is here. The child goes missing from the village itself.While Hareton Wick itself is not a real place, it could be anywhere in the English countryside that very hot summer.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Vanished Girl
Destination/location: Hampshire (Fictional Hareton Wick) Author/guide: Kathleen McGurl Departure Time: 1976, 2024
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